A "Testimonie"'s stance: Editorial positioning in Ælfric’s "Sermo in Die Pascae"
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2012
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Adam Mickiewicz University
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Being one of the first texts to reproduce in printed form the Anglo-Saxon characters, A
Testimonie of Antiquity, basically an edition of Ælfric’s “Sermo in Die Pascae”, has
been the object of philological studies. Its subject matter related to the Anglican reform
has also been analysed from a religious perspective. This article intends to focus on a
different aspect, the reason for the text’s success evidenced in its several reproductions
and content discussions, which have reached the 20th century. We claim the main credit
for this success is to be given to its editors and, therefore, a pragmatic analysis concentrating
on stance and engagement (Hyland 2005, 2009) is an adequate study frame. The
conclusions will reveal how although there are quantifiable markers that facilitated the
positive reception of the text, there were other elements (closer to modern writing implements)
the authors utilized to achieve their final objective.
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This article is part of a collaboration with the research project “Evidencialidad en un corpus
multidisciplinar de artículos científico-técnicos en lengua inglesa”, grant FFI2009-10801
(FEDER, Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation).
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Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, vol. 47.4 (2012), pp. 81-95